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As she continued to admonish him, he attempted to back out of the line. “You’re getting me nervous,” he said.

The face-off took place Friday at Original Tommy’s Hamburgers in Pico Rivera, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Agredano-Quirino had just dropped off her 2010 replica Indy 500 Chevy Camaro at Chevrolet of Montebello, a mile and a half up the road, for an oil change and an air conditioner check.

She and her husband, Miguel, were at a traffic signal when a car that suspiciously looked like theirs sped passed them.

It’s not a car you see everywhere: Orange with white racing stripes, it is reportedly one of only 200 made.

They followed. The car was going too fast for them to catch up to it until it pulled into the drive-thru, she said. And that’s where she gave an earful to the man whose namepatch said “Mario.”

He showed little contrition — nor, she said, did his boss. Agredano-Quirino talked to the dealership’s general manager in person Friday, and felt like she wasn’t being taken seriously.

“This guy comes in to the office smirking and giggling as if it were a joke,” she said. “I told him it wasn’t funny.”

Two days later, still unhappy about the incident, she posted her video on Facebook. Immediately, it started getting social media attention.

On Monday, the owner of the dealership posted his own Facebook video apologizing for the incident.

“That was absolutely not authorized by the customer,” said Chris Teague to the camera. “And we absolutely do not condone it . … The technician will be reprimanded to the fullest extent after our investigation is completed.”

Teague phoned Agredano-Quirino on Monday afternoon with an apology, she said. She did not accept it.

“It was the most insincere apology,” she said. “It was more about how he was getting phone calls and messages and losing customers.”

Since the post took off, several Chevy dealerships have reached out to offer their services, and she has received an invitation from “Good Morning America” to appear on the morning TV show.

“I just want people to know that this type of thing happens every day, and just to be aware of it,” she said.

Still, Agredano-Quirino has no ill will toward the technician.

“Everyone makes mistakes,” she said. “I definitely don’t want to see him fired.”